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3232104481328Setting up Teams for Homehttps://www.pilotographer.com.au/learnshifting/ms-teams/setting-up-teams-for-home/
https://www.pilotographer.com.au/learnshifting/ms-teams/setting-up-teams-for-home/#respondSun, 17 May 2020 23:56:04 +0000http://www.pilotographer.com.au/learnshifting/?p=289

How to install MS Teams for use in your business or at home for free.

If you would like a visual image guide to setting up free MS Teams – have a look at this article from PC Mag

]]>https://www.pilotographer.com.au/learnshifting/ms-teams/setting-up-teams-for-home/feed/0289Assigning a shortcut key in Wordhttps://www.pilotographer.com.au/learnshifting/ms-office/assigning-a-shortcut-key-in-word/
https://www.pilotographer.com.au/learnshifting/ms-office/assigning-a-shortcut-key-in-word/#respondSat, 01 Feb 2020 08:59:33 +0000http://www.pilotographer.com.au/learnshifting/?p=277This might be a little ho hum for some people. But let me give you a practical use for it. I copy and paste a lot of text.

In Windows and Word’s efforts to be helpful, when you paste – all the formatting comes with it – of course that is generally different to your formatting so it messes up your document…

Solution?

Paste as Plain Text… which is fine, but if you have to go to the ribbon 200 times to “paste as plain text”, the novelty soon wears off. Why not assign a shortcut key? The standard paste key combo to paste something from the clipboard is “Ctrl-V” in Windows or “Command-V” on the Mac.

So if you have forgotten how to do that, here is a quick visual how to document you can just look at, or download and print or even incorporate into your own mini Word course… enjoy.

Click the image for the PDF version

Of course you can assign shortcut keys to any menu item you use often, not just paste plain text.

]]>https://www.pilotographer.com.au/learnshifting/ms-office/assigning-a-shortcut-key-in-word/feed/0277Resumes and Portfolios in 2020https://www.pilotographer.com.au/learnshifting/e-portfolio/resumes-and-portfolios-in-2020/
https://www.pilotographer.com.au/learnshifting/e-portfolio/resumes-and-portfolios-in-2020/#respondSun, 12 Jan 2020 11:30:13 +0000http://www.pilotographer.com.au/learnshifting/?p=265When I see something that doesn’t seem right and I can contribute, I will.

That is what happened the other day when I reviewed Joe’s resume. There wasn’t anything wrong with his resume, but when you are applying for a job, your resume should stand out and be truthful. His was certainly truthful, but we needed to ensure that he was writing for the audience (the employers reading the resume) and only about the match between relevant skills and job criteria…

We expect that specialist staff at school, generally given titles like careers counsellor or student or school counsellor prepare students in their final years of high school for either applying for that part time job to supplement their university lifestyle or indeed a full time job.

As a parent I attended the career counsellor sessions for parents and was shown bullseye charts and warned of the evils of our child posting bad things on social media which could later be found in a quick internet search by a prospective employer.

I was advised that too much gaming was bad and to be on the lookout for any behavioural changes during these challenging final years of high school.

These were interesting and indeed would be valuable for many parents who struggle with online challenges of the 21st century – although we are now a fifth of the way through it.

What I did expect was that during my son’s high school attendance, he would be coached or taught the skills required to craft and maintain an employment or advancement opportunity from volunteering to education in the form of a resume, portfolio and professional online presence…

I was wrong.

The focus seemed to be more about keeping the students on the rails for their time at school rather than helping creating a Space-X launchpad for life after school.

Now, I am not the kind of person who indignantly says… “This should be done by [insert role, department, school name]!” – Refer back to the first line of this post to see my approach. :-).

My thoughts were that if Joe was having a challenge crafting a resume which would stand out, then there would be many more school leavers in the same boat.

Part of my role with Education in the NT revolves around digital initiatives and digital dexterity, which has nothing to do with finger or toe yoga. Digital Dexterity is the ability and desire to exploit existing and emerging technologies for better business outcomes (according to Gartner).

I would have thought crafting a resume would be at the lower end of digital dexterity initiatives however I decided to put together a PowerPoint deck to share with schools in the Northern Territory using software solutions available in our SOE (Standard Operating Environment).

I qualify the scope of the solutions I talk about because although using a wonderful product like Adobe InDesign to craft a beautiful resume is possible, not many of our school leavers have the skills to use InDesign or have access to the Adobe Creative Cloud. So many if not all the suggestions linked to actual software solutions are free or at least available as part of our environment.

Now this post will appear on LinkedIn as well as my Learnshifting blog and Learnshifting Facebook page. I want to give a shout out to the combination of Lynda.com, LinkedIn and their parent owner Microsoft who have created (or purchased) an ecosystem which connects jobseekers with employers and positions with their requisite skills and provides some of the training to be able to obtain those skills… still a work in progress, but the vision is great.

Problematically, I think many of our career counsellors are unaware of the tools available through this single (but very large) solution, from the LinkedIn Resume Assistant embedded into Microsoft Word through to the training material on Lynda.com and blog posts available supporting jobseekers in what to include and what not to include in their resume.

So if you are a parent, a teacher or a job seeker – please take a look at what I have gathered and share if useful. Pay it forward by commenting with your suggestions to help school leavers who really want a job to be the best truthful advertisement of themselves that they can be. Click on the image below to load the PowerPoint… feel free to use any of it you find useful.

Oh, and if you are looking for a high school tutor – primarily in English – I know a young man in the Melbourne area who is looking for some part-time work to supplement his study time at Melbourne University… His name is Joe Christie and his LinkedIn profile is here

He now has a pretty good cover letter and resume… which he might share.

I will finish with an interesting observation which I include in the PowerPoint… It’s not just grade 12 graduates who need a little help… Boomers like me brought up on writing the war and peace style resume and haven’t applied for a job in a long time get a shock when told to submit a one pager… so there’s scope to share these notes beyond our young workforce entrants… Luckily the next career move letter I will be writing will be probably less than a page…

]]>https://www.pilotographer.com.au/learnshifting/e-portfolio/resumes-and-portfolios-in-2020/feed/0265Where did that 12 years go?https://www.pilotographer.com.au/learnshifting/atar/where-did-that-12-years-go/
https://www.pilotographer.com.au/learnshifting/atar/where-did-that-12-years-go/#respondWed, 01 Jan 2020 03:19:21 +0000http://www.pilotographer.com.au/learnshifting/?p=249Joe, our son, who turned 18 in December – passing that notional numerical age signifying adulthood had to wait a day or so after his birthday to view another number of importance to some – his ATAR result.

Twelve – no actually 16 years of study culminated in this 4 digit number representing a comparitive ranking out of 100. Joe started 2 year kindy on the side of a West Papuan mountain when he was just… wait for it… Two!

So despite my apparent fixation with numbers, I am lousy at Math, preferring to look for angles in stories rather than in graphs. But this number, the ATAR, is the muggles version of the sorting hat. Like Ron Weasley’s Mum, we, as parents hoped Joe would be picked for Gryffindor.

Joe in Lacock Village, England 2004

Despite Joe’s early career plans to open a school similar to Hogwarts and become its headmaster, he adjusted to the realities of our school system, firstly in West Papua followed by a decade in Darwin culminating in gaining entrance to Melbourne High School finishing as Captain of Boats (Rowing) and School Captain in 2019 with academic awards in every year of his study at Melbourne High School.

He achieved his black belt in karate, played basketball overseas and represented the NT in the Tournament of Minds competition, played first violin for the winning Melbourne High Orchestra at the 2019 South St competition, was awarded a scholarship to Japan for winning a language perfect competition, won a bronze medal at the 2019 National Rowing Championships for the Schoolboys Coxed Quad Scull plus numerous Victorian State rowing medals along with other achievements among which we rate his politeness as one of his strongest assets along with a true compassion for people.

So back to the ATAR

Despite it just being a number which does not define a person at all, it is still a ranking, a snapshot in time from which thousands of students go forward to do something, make something, help someone, contribute for good – or not.

Anyhow, we had a nervous wait for 7am on the 12th of December when the results were released… and not unlike many firsts in life, people can talk about it and show a thousand pictures in the newspaper or on the television of people receiving their scores… but when it is your own child’s result… there is a momentary eye-brain-ear confusion as the score is revealed and the number is processed.

The multitude of emotions and calculations of whether it is good enough for the course he wants, or better than expected based on perceived efforts in exams and known results from SAT (School Assessment Tasks) flood your mind in slow motion over the milliseconds between the expressionless acknowledgment of the number and the reaction that appears on his face.

The result? If Joe was in the NT he would have secured the second top score for the Territory. As he was in the larger academic pond of Victoria, although placing in the top half a percent for the country we don’t know or need to know as although we knew he did his best, to have that rewarded in that little 4 digit number was a pleasant validation.

For a parent or student reading this and despairing at their ATAR, let me share another personal story. I got a shocking ATAR – I passed but don’t remember thinking much about the number other than it represented a pass. With a lousy ATAR I completed an Arts degree at Melbourne University (apparently a sought after degree these days) became an officer in the Army, obtained a computing post-graduate qualification, became a qualified trainer and assessor, Received three overseas scholarships, worked as a Chinese and Indonesian linguist while working overseas for 2 decades living a dream that has culminated in pride and respect for what our son has achieved through his hard work and the strength of support his mother and my wife have provided our family – creating aspiration and sharing inspiration.

…and let me say having a lot of fun along the way.

I’m not famous and yet I have heard famous people providing their ten tips for “success”. All of them (the tips) make sense and I see examples of those nuggets of advice scattered through our personal approach to being parents.

I do believe it is the parenting energy which determines much of the path taken by the children. I have had folks want to engage on the challenges of socio-economic disadvantage, using that as a determinant in how children succeed… or rather as an excuse for why some sectors of society do better than others.

If the seed of aspiration or inspiration is to provide enough food to stop a tummy rumbling (or worse) or to protect children from harm, abuse or exploitation… then that is the parenting energy which carries more weight than reading to child at night or putting them in touch with their barefoot investor.

It is not about advantage or disadvantage, but making the most of what we have in a considerate way… If we do our best, it will be for the best…

Our son did just that, and we celebrate not just the result, but more so the fact that he did his best…

Joe Christie – Melbourne High School Captain 2019

So what was his ATAR? At then end of the day it doesn’t matter, but those of you who do want to know will have worked out pretty closely already…

Have a wonderful 2020… (another number!)

]]>https://www.pilotographer.com.au/learnshifting/atar/where-did-that-12-years-go/feed/0249Ahh Adobe, You’ve done it again…https://www.pilotographer.com.au/learnshifting/adobe/ahh-adobe-youve-done-it-again/
https://www.pilotographer.com.au/learnshifting/adobe/ahh-adobe-youve-done-it-again/#respondSun, 10 Nov 2019 13:06:38 +0000http://www.pilotographer.com.au/learnshifting/?p=239Adobe Max concluded last week and along with it came a slew of product enhancements and excitement which we have all looked forward to each November.

What’s really great about Adobe is that they’re willing to show you research projects they are working on even if it is not 100% polished. But I have to say even the 100% not polished is pretty impressive. This is co-design at an international level. All videos and master class presentations are here…

I should push this video down and slightly away from all the new things, but I wanted to call out the fact that with 30 years of photoshop under our belts – there are many great videos covering techniques that have been around for a while but we may not have been exposed to them… so embrace the new features, but also uncover the gems that lay buried in the many years of product development at Adobe…

Interestingly the video above which contains 22 great tips for using photoshop doesn’t even cover features in the new release of photoshop.

Back to Adobe Max, I include some links below to the feature demonstrations of the product updates and sneak peaks of new products that were shown last week. Who knows I might even be going to Adobe Max next year.

So one of the new products released last week was project Aero and if you click on the thumbnail below there is a one hour seminar which introduces augmented reality and also shows some of the things that you can do with project Aero. You can download project Aero for free and use it on your iPhone or iPad. I’m sure you’ll have a lot of fun with it.

In terms of my own development I am undertaking a course from the Adobe EdEx which is the Adobe education exchange on developing a mobile app with Adobe XD. My intention is to take that prototype which almost functions like a native application on my iPhone and transform that using Livecode into a practical application for conducting the pre-flight of the ultralight aircraft type that I fly.

I am maintaining a journal (this link will continue to be updated over the coming week) as part of the course in another Adobe product called Adobe spark page which basically allows me to create a website consisting of pictures videos and words and sharing that with people like you. What I like about that product is that it is free as is Adobe XD for you to download and use. These aren’t limited products… these are fully fledged products that you can use constructively in your daily work.

]]>https://www.pilotographer.com.au/learnshifting/adobe/ahh-adobe-youve-done-it-again/feed/0239Graduating – Celebrating and Life Long Learninghttps://www.pilotographer.com.au/learnshifting/diploma/graduating-celebrating-and-life-long-learning/
https://www.pilotographer.com.au/learnshifting/diploma/graduating-celebrating-and-life-long-learning/#respondSun, 27 Oct 2019 21:20:04 +0000http://www.pilotographer.com.au/learnshifting/?p=22931 years ago, after being told that I didn’t really have any skills apart from being able to speak Chinese and Indonesian, I embarked upon and completed a Graduate Diploma in Computing at the then Chisholm Institute of Technology which later merged into Monash University.

I completed the course but never graduated as I was busy becoming a consultant and travelling overseas to create my own stamp on life.

Recently, seeing the wonderful graduation ceremonies of friends, nieces and nephews and the various accolades our own son has achieved – I thought it would be both personally satisfying and I hope a little inspirational to attend my own graduation ceremony and receive this qualification.

Today I graduate from Monash University – 28th of October 2019… occurring on my 58th birthday and just two days before our son Joe and his friends embark on final year 12 exams – Today is a celebration.

It celebrates that 31 years ago adapting to needs in order to seek a meaningful career; it acknowledges the working as a security guard from 4am in the morning before attending classes so I could pay my mortgage; it encourages the seizing of an opportunity to perform consulting work in China during the final parts of the course – adding pressure to an already overloaded schedule and then even before graduation, securing employment with Andersen Consulting which led to immediate overseas postings and career opportunities.

So although the struggle, the challenges and the tears – yes there were tears – along with the final outcome were not celebrated properly 31 years ago – had I done so, I would have celebrated only with a handful of fellow students whereas today via livestreaming, Facebook and LinkedIn – the world is a different place and everyone can literally (or rather virtually) attend my graduation and celebrate with me! Of course I will be posting photos, but anyone with nothing better to do – you can view the event live at

Which of course is something I could not have done 31 years ago… In reality we are probably all a little busier than our counterparts of three decades ago, so I don’t expect this event to “break the internet”… or anyone to actually tune in… I don’t think the smiley emoji was even a thing back then…

The actual qualification is not a Masters or PhD – and I hope readers understand it is not the level or duration of the qualification but rather the combined act of learning, achieving, celebrating and sharing which is something that as bosses, leaders, managers, teachers or dare I say parents – we should be mindful of – celebrating the success of others and occasionally ourselves…

After the celebrations it is back home to continue study on my Certificate IV in Training and Assessment qualification upgrade and my first class of the Mobile App Design course with the Adobe Education Exchange starts tomorrow… This year I added Adobe Education Leader to my Adobe Education Trainer qualification and I am really proud of that association with the cool tools and attitudes of what that company stands for…So… Life Long Learner? Life Long Trainer? You Bet!

]]>https://www.pilotographer.com.au/learnshifting/diploma/graduating-celebrating-and-life-long-learning/feed/0229Using OneNote in the Classroomhttps://www.pilotographer.com.au/learnshifting/uncategorized/using-onenote-in-the-classroom/
https://www.pilotographer.com.au/learnshifting/uncategorized/using-onenote-in-the-classroom/#respondSat, 14 Sep 2019 01:23:37 +0000http://www.pilotographer.com.au/learnshifting/?p=222I prepared an episode of the video seminar I conduct at work called smoothies. These are short 15 minute webinars aimed at passing on a tip or two for our ICT teachers in our schools. Although aimed at primary school ICT teachers, I really enjoy the input received from dedicated ICT managers in the higher education schools.

I had a chance to visit a primary school and see firsthand the interaction between teacher, student and a large presentation screen controlled by notebooks on the network. Although this alone represented a considerable amount of investment it made me think about the software application that could be used to both present, collaborate, review, mark and return work without the need for cables or emails.

That’s what made me think about OneNote from Microsoft which is provided freely to anyone who wishes to download it. It has a feature called the classroom notebook which is the subject of the embedded video I include below.

I haven’t attempted to cover all of the features of one note just six that are pertinent for a primary education teacher.

Going beyond the present only model…

I would love to hear how you are using OneNote in your classroom or another tool to provide that interactive collaborative experience between students themselves and a teacher as a facilitator with a big screen as centre stage.

]]>https://www.pilotographer.com.au/learnshifting/uncategorized/using-onenote-in-the-classroom/feed/0222Create QR codes in MS Wordhttps://www.pilotographer.com.au/learnshifting/adobe/create-qr-codes-in-ms-word/
https://www.pilotographer.com.au/learnshifting/adobe/create-qr-codes-in-ms-word/#respondThu, 08 Aug 2019 01:25:42 +0000http://www.pilotographer.com.au/learnshifting/?p=185Normally I would use inDesign to create QR codes and I don’t recommend using free online QR code generators online – mainly because there is no such thing as a free lunch. Recently I had an email from an educator wanting to share his students’ resumes using a QR code link to a stored online copy…

I wanted to ensure as much privacy as possible, despite the fact that the content, a resume, was meant to be shared with prospective employers – ie members of the public.

What I did want to do was also provide a way in that the teacher could maintain a list of names and update the QR code as required with a new link.

In the Northern Territory Department of Education, every student and staff member has their own subscription to Office 365 which includes the two tools which make all of this work.

The first tool is Microsoft Word which can be used to create QR codes. The second is a place to store resumes which the student will export from Microsoft Word as a pdf.

The place to store this is onedrive, onedrive is like a a big disk in the sky where you can create directories and place files in those directories. Importantly, you can set permissions on those directories so if someone has access to a file, a resume stored in that location, it can be set to read only for people who are just going to view the resume and editable for the owner of the resume and maybe the supervising teacher.

So the steps for a teacher would be:

Create a onedrive folder structure

Students create resumes and export as pdf files into their own subfolder.

Permissions on that folder and files within it are set to publicly read. After the file is copied to that directory, create a read only link to share. That link will be the URL link attached to the QR code you create in your document, card or poster.

Creating a link to the uploaded file from onedrive. This video is best viewed full screen.

Here I have created a folder called Resume Files and a student folder called Joe Bloggs. I then upload a resume into the Joe Bloggs folder and create a shareable link. Importantly the shareable link is a view only link… which means that the person using the link does not need to log into onedrive.

If you want to add a level of security to the resume, you can apply a password at the pdf level to open or edit the file.

]]>https://www.pilotographer.com.au/learnshifting/adobe/create-qr-codes-in-ms-word/feed/0185Teaching your kids about financial literacy (and maybe yourself)https://www.pilotographer.com.au/learnshifting/uncategorized/teaching-your-kids-about-financial-literacy-and-maybe-yourself/
https://www.pilotographer.com.au/learnshifting/uncategorized/teaching-your-kids-about-financial-literacy-and-maybe-yourself/#respondWed, 07 Aug 2019 03:30:58 +0000http://www.pilotographer.com.au/learnshifting/?p=200Scott Pape, the barefoot investor, is the name on the lips of many people trying to manage their finances. Another name, ASIC’s Moneysmart is also a great resource for teaching both young and old about financial matters we all look back on and wish we’d either listened more or followed advice… Unfortunately when I was growing up there were no free webinars about financial management or barefoot investors to explain things in simple terms.

I did get two bits of advice about investing when I was a teenage adult which thankfully I listened to. As my own son is about to turn 18, I wonder what advice can I offer of financial importance which will set him on a path that allows him to enjoy life and yet not reach my age and have to worry if his investments and savings are enough to see him into retirement.In fact, is that model of work, save, travel, buy house, save, retire, spend super as pension the model that my son’s generation will aspire to?

In schools, financial literacy is taught with various levels of success. I was heartened to hear that my son’s school, Melbourne High School uses Scott Pape’s “The Barefoot Investor” as the foundation for it’s Year 11 financial literacy class.

I don’t think I know anyone my age who doesn’t stray towards websites that offer the answer to “How much superannuation do I need to retire?” – Of course when I was much younger, it would have been… “Super? That’s just money locked away forever not doing anything…” Of course, now knowing it quietly compounds as you plan your next holiday to Kakadu (little plug for the Northern Territory here) is something worth sharing…

Well, I did stray there recently and I found some rather amazing and free resources you really should take a look at on the ASIC MoneySmart website…

ASIC’s MoneySmart has some very cool teaching resources – online courses in fact that you can do for free at home or at school. It even has teacher resources… and wait, there’s more! It also has a co-authored set of video lessons from none other than Scott Pape himself.

There are a bunch of cool calculators on this site as well so you can seek the answer to how much superannuation you need to retire… which I think is actually the wrong question… It should be around… “What is my next chapter?” because humans have an amazing knack to adjust to the challenges that surround them, and if you are on the slopes of Macchu Picchu and down to your last plate of Peruvian Ceviche and final sip of Panther’s Milk – you’ll find a way to get through…

By the way, in checking Scott’s site I see that he is also highlighting the need for financial literacy in our schools – check our his new initiative here…

]]>https://www.pilotographer.com.au/learnshifting/uncategorized/teaching-your-kids-about-financial-literacy-and-maybe-yourself/feed/0200Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in Humpty Doo!https://www.pilotographer.com.au/learnshifting/adobe/chitty-chitty-bang-bang-in-humpty-doo/
https://www.pilotographer.com.au/learnshifting/adobe/chitty-chitty-bang-bang-in-humpty-doo/#respondSat, 03 Aug 2019 15:51:07 +0000http://www.pilotographer.com.au/learnshifting/?p=190As a young boy my Mother worked in the Paspalis drive-in located in Nightcliff, where the current day Nightcliff Woolworths shopping centre exists. We saw films there until after I had completed high school.

The advent of video tapes and the cost of land began to put an end to drive in theatres. In the current Netflix generation, the notion of video tape contributing to the demise of drive ins may seem far-fetched but it was true.

Cinemas faired better, although the theatre where I watched Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as a young boy was not the victim of technological advancement, but rather the fury of Cyclone Tracy which destroyed most of Darwin in the wee hours of Christmas Day 1974.

Sitting up the back of the Star Theatre in the canvas chairs in 1970 watching the premiere of this movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang starring Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes and Lionel Jeffries based on the book by famous James Bond author, Ian Fleming was and still is a cherished moment for me.

Amazingly, by today’s standards where people are expected to sit through marathon movies without an intermission, in this movie – in large colourful hippie style font – the words intermission splattered across the screen, driving us temporarily outside the viewing area into lobby where refreshments and discussions about what had happened so far in the movie ensued among those of us drawn into the notion of adventure, bad guys, good guys and an impossible flying car…

Fast forward to 2019 and through a chance borrowing of a book in Humpty Doo (again from my Mother) titled Readers Digest Great Stories for Young Readers, I stumbled across an abridged extract from the original story of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

This I recorded with the intention of sharing it with one of my nephews and one of my nieces who are of an age where listening to stories via podcast may be interesting for them.

An additional purpose was to start podcasting stories and combine them with my blog and share the techniques of recording stories with Adobe Audition or if you don’t have access to Audition, then Audacity.

As soon as I start with a project like this, I find quickly that there are other learning nuggets worth sharing through my Learnshifting blog and I have to resist the urge to include those snippets along the way in the same blog post. Luckily though it provides great fodder for future posts.

So, this is where we reach a fork in the road for you as a reader or listener. If you are looking for sources of stories which you can read or listen to for free, then go to this blog entry by none other than the folks from Readers Digest. Where I am retrieving books from is Archive.org which has an amazing trove of content.

If you are interested in listening to the stories I am recording from the 1969 edition of Readers Digest Great Stories for Young Readers, check out my buzzsprout account. Buzzsprout is a podcast publishing and hosting service. I am using the free version, so my episodes (stories) expire after 80 days plus I can only upload 2 hours’ worth a month – which given that it is just an experiment is fine for me.

If you are interested in seeing how a professional voice performer sets up to record, check our Dave Werner’s tutorials on Character Animator where he includes the complete workflow for creating a performance piece using Audition, Character Animator and more… The part of the really engaging 2 hour video you will want to watch is really just the first ten minutes…

Adobe education exchange has a great free podcasting course which includes all the tips you need to create a podcast including getting rid of background noise, levelling, applying effects and exporting… Here is a tutorial from edex on podcasting and I would recommend this tutorial also from the Audition website.

Although I never got to fly in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, my own flying experiences in my ultralight make up for it…